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CBOT weekly outlook: Smaller corn, soybean ending stocks expected

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the April supply and demand (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, trader Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he’s expecting carryovers for corn and soybeans to come in below March’s estimates. Ettner has also pegged the wheat carryout to be a little bit higher.

File photo of a rapeseed field in Iwate prefecture in northeastern Honshu, Japan. (Nattya3714/iStock.Getty Images)

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USDA reports offer new oilseed insights from India, Japan

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm April 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — The Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its weekly Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) reports on Wednesday, including new information regarding oilseeds in India and Japan. Oilseed production in India is projected to increase by one per cent at 42.1 million tonnes in 2022-23, according to FAS New

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (black line), MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firmer on U.S. crop conditions’ decline

CBOT corn, soybeans also gain

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News April 5, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday as worse-than-expected U.S. crop conditions added to global supply concerns already heightened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Corn and soybeans were also higher, bolstered as U.S. growers weigh last-minute planting decisions. The most active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended 35 cents

File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — As the snow melts on the Prairies, pulse growers are making their final preparations before seeding, while at the same time hoping not to see a repeat of last year’s historic drought. In Saskatchewan, snow cover has varied in pulse-growing areas, making some growers nervous. “There’s still a lot of concern about dryness

Crops, Markets

Australian canola production heading downward, but still sizeable

New second-biggest harvest expected, USDA predicts

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite canola production in Australia being set to drop 26 per cent in 2022-23, the country’s farmers are still projected to harvest the second largest crop, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Canberra. In the attaché’s report, released Monday, canola production for the coming crop year was projected to be

Grain storage at a Russian seaport. (Pridannikov/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

London marine insurers label all Russian waters high risk

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Saul April 5, 2022

London | Reuters — London’s marine insurance market on Monday added all of Russia’s waters to its list of areas deemed high risk, an advisory showed, which is likely to raise the cost of shipping and adds to the logistical pressures on Moscow. Guidance from the Joint War Committee, which comprises syndicate members from the

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canola exports turn tiny as Canada running out

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — There was a tremendous drop in canola exports from Canada during week 34 of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. The commission’s report issued Thursday showed a mere 800 tonnes of canola were shipped overseas. The week before, 128,300 tonnes were outbound. “We’re really getting close to running out,”

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

U.S. winter wheat 30 per cent good-excellent

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News April 5, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn climbed on Monday, underpinned by disrupted supplies of Black Sea grains as the conflict in Ukraine continues, while attention shifts to U.S. production. Chicago Board of Trade most-active wheat ended 25-3/4 cents higher at $10.10-1/4 a bushel (all figures US$). Soybeans added 19-1/2 cents to $16.02-1/4

File photo of a P.E.I. potato field against the backdrop of the Confederation Bridge. (Onepony/iStock/Getty Images)

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P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

New U.S. order replaces previous requirements; seed potatoes still blocked

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

Exports of Prince Edward Island table stock potatoes are again officially allowed to enter the mainland United States, after new U.S. entry rules regarding potato wart were published Friday. Canada’s federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Twitter that officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are now preparing to certify exports of eligible

Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow’s Red Square on June 24, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

Crops, Markets

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 2, 2022

Reuters — One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies warned on Friday that Russia, a major global wheat exporter, could limit supplies of agriculture products to “friendly” countries only, amid Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of

Daily Network News

Chinese pig farmers test fermented feeds as Beijing weans sector off U.S. soy

Deere settles U.S. right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments

Klassen: Negative margins weigh on Western feeder cattle market

Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: Smaller corn, soybean ending stocks expected

USDA reports offer new oilseed insights from India, Japan

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firmer on U.S. crop conditions’ decline

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

Australian canola production heading downward, but still sizeable

London marine insurers label all Russian waters high risk

Canola exports turn tiny as Canada running out

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

P.E.I. table stock potato exports to U.S. now allowed

Putin ally warns agriculture supplies could be limited to ‘friends’

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